http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/TrevandBrendy/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from TrevandBrendy en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:07:20 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:07:20 +0000 hey were still on our way home we made a little stop in writesville beach awesome place if you ever get a chance to go take it huge beach and 1 beers we did one of our big crosses we traveled 120 miles 30 hours. then we made another 80 miles jump. we've got another one coming tomorrow and so on up the coast. not too much happening well its tom's birthday yesterday. so were gonna relax a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-412841.html So were on our way home we did our crossing from the bahamas. 30 hour trip from great sail cay to the st. lucie inlet. we got boarded by the coast guard in the middle of the stream. they thought we could fit more people on our boat then just us 2. they thought we were smuggleing people into the states. then they came on the boat and realized that would be a joke during the crossing we had a fish http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Charleston/Mt--Pleasant/blog-410903.html Hey Everyone I know I know its been a long time. We've been in the exumas for a while and theres no internet down there but it is beautiful i cant remember what i said in the last blog but since eluethra we caught our first fish and many after the first one though was the biggest fish. brendan held it up and it went from his eyes to his ankles big dolphin it put up a good fight too almost an ho http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Abaco/Marsh-Harbour/blog-403679.html Some pics http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Abaco/blog-382549.html i had to make another entry to put more pics on the site. but we went out today to get some dinner for tonight and we came back with an ocean trigger fish and a few more conch and spearin fish is so cool. i was using the hawaiian sling today and its pretty much like a sling shot. you pull the spear back in the sling and aim at the fish and hope you get it. it took me one shot and it went right th http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Abaco/blog-382316.html Alright everyone so we figured out how to spear our dinners. We went out and bought a pole spear and a hawaiian sling. Brendan yesterday went to test all the new gear out. His first mission out he came back with a big lobster and a grouper. it was a good catch but i was hungry and we were having laura over for dinner. so i sent him back out. he came back with a big 15 pound greater amberjack and a http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Abaco/blog-382232.html hey there i know its been a long time but internet is hard to come by down here. but here i am i have lots of pictures to put up so here we are sitting in treasure cay right now. just pulled in after some snorkleing the big hunt for the lobster my dad and sister came down a couple of weeks ago for a little visit. it was good to see them. more people need to come down and see us. were still in http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Abaco/blog-380384.html hey everyone we are in green turtle cay we have been here for a little while now snorkleing everyday fishing and meeting all kinds of great people there was a big party last night at the club. the best band in the bahamas was playing. they all had a few drinks so i dont know if they were the best last night but they were pretty good still. captain brendan had a few too many too early so the http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Abaco/blog-374095.html Hey so we made at across the big bad ocean it was a little rough but not so bad we were goin pretty good most of the time. sittin around 68Kts for most of the trip we left fort lauderdale at 9pm and came into the marina here at 1030 13 or so hours it took us but nothing bad happend. well not for us at least one of our buddies had some problems with his sail and had to stop to fix it so w http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Grand-Bahama/West-End/blog-369366.html hey everyone so we have our window of great weather to cross over to the bahamas weds night. we are in ft lauderdale right now just bought a couple solar panels today and hooked them up. but we ran out of room and need to get some ss poles and make a mount for them. good thing we brought our welder with us and we need to buy some more food. we eat more then we thought. so we have a few things http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/blog-367515.html hey everyone. how are ya doin up there keepin warm i hope. its hard to stay cool down here. i wish i had some snow to jump in right now. haha no i dont we have been in stuart fl for about a week now just hangin out meetin lots of new people. always a good time we have been hangin out at the merroticas coffee cafe one they have free wifi power and this is one of the local hang out spots and c http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/blog-365214.html i think i have to publish something before i can put pictures up. and my computer shut down so heres my little note http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/blog-363071.html hey everyone so weve stoped for a few days to relax in stuart fl. in the manettee pocket. we just put another coat of paint on the decks. we've put a few spots in it. and it needed a touch up. since we have all the time in the world and the weather is beautiful we figured why not we met another canadian couple who hooked us up with another chart book of the exumas and a crusing guide of the bah http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/blog-363067.html This was suppost to be put on new years eve but i lost the internet so here it is So we made it to florida beautiful sunny florida im taking lots of pictures for you all to see and pretend your here with us we stoped at fernandina beach for a few days for christmas and it felt so weird wearing shorts and sandle and sweeting on christmas day but i loved it. so much better then freezing my ... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Daytona-Beach/blog-362174.html hey everyone so we decided to stay in beaufort for another night. we met up with justin and holly and met another couple micheal and kate. so were going to relax have a bbq later with some cocktails what a life eh haha im wearing my tshirt right now beautiful weather great company cant get any better then this justins going to play some live music tonight. did i mention he plays guitar at http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-353960.html hey ya'll sorry just a little american talk. well we got a new motor. our last one bit the bullet when we got to bucksport. but everything is fine after our week stuck in the middle of nowhere with hardcore southeners we are in beaufort south carolina right now. waiting out more bad weather. we found a good anchorage and jack and brian found us when they were passing though we heard someone wis http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-353489.html Well it is december now we have been at the bucksport marina in south carolina for almost a week waiting for motor parts after she bit the bullet. Things weren't good as the part is no longer available but we found a used one. it's just 40 miles away but we are on top of it. this is a short entry as the cpu is about to die. Anxious to get moving again as the rain finally stopped 4 days later. St http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Myrtle-Beach/blog-350350.html hey everyone. we made it out on the open ocean and now were heading into the intercoastal waterway. we stoped off in annapolis for a couple days. we had some engine problems. but dont worry were getting that all taken care of. although if anyone has a spare motor they would like to donate to us for our trip that would be very appreciated were traveling in the chesapeake bay on our way to norfolk http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Atlantic/North-Sea/blog-342351.html Well we made it across lake ontario. We went to Cape Vincent the first night which wasn't bad at all the sun was shining and the customs were pretty good. The closest they came to the boat was 50 ft....Making me wish we kept the liquor cabinet and our beef. Day two wasn't bad either we took our time and ended up in sacket's harbour for the night. The third night was well very long. We left sacke http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-335445.html This weekend Brendy and I are shipping off on our trip to the Bahamas We've been working hard on building this sailboat for a year and a half and I must say it's straight ballin'We're gonna be having Coronas on the boat. The plan is to leave the Kingston Marina and cross Lake On to Cape Vincent in the States.We'll try and post as often as we get the chance and we will for sure take lots of pictu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Kingston/blog-330253.html